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Lookman on target as Fulham beat Leicester at King Power Stadium

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November 30, 2020

Nigerian-British star, Ademola Lookman was on target as Leicester suffer shocking 2-1 home defeat by Fulham on Monday night.

The Foxes unexpectedly fell behind by two goals in the space of eight minuted in the first half and failed to recover from the shock.

Brendan Rodgers’s men missed a chance to draw the first blood in the 20th minute when Maddison’s free-kick hit the wall into the path of Tielemans who volleyed a left-footed shot against the far post. Fofana’s reacted but was denied by the woodwork.

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Former Everton star, Lookman, however, scored the first goal for the visitors in the 30th minute after picking up a pass from Zambo Anguissa before curling the ball into bottom-right corner.

The ref was forced to check the VAR monitor after Christian Fuchs brought down Bobby Reid in Leicester’s penalty box, giving the away side the advantage to go ahead by two goals.

Ivan Cavaleiro beat Kasper Schmeichel despite going the right way to take Fulham’s lead to 2-0.

Harvey Barnes pulled one back for the home side in the 86th minute after a floated cross from Tielemans found Jamie Vardy who then nods the ball down to Barnes, who rifles home a close-range half-volley.

Fulham have lost just one of their seven Premier League games against Leicester, winning three and drawing three.

Meanwhile, Leicester have lost consecutive Premier League games against sides starting the day in the relegation zone for the first time since November 2014; Indeed, the Foxes have lost three of their last four such fixtures (W1), as many defeats as in their previous 27 (W14 D10). [Google]

Leicester missed the chance to go level on points with league leaders Tottenham and second-placed Liverpool on 21 points.